Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then found multiple other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report initial examinations indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not aware of any injuries in relation with the event," they commented.
City officials announced they were trying "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A senior representative said the attack rendered him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine people by a gunman aiming at people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
